Title
Asymptotic Convergence Analysis of a New Class of Proximal Point Methods
Abstract
Finite dimensional local convergence results for self-adaptive proximal point methods and nonlinear functions with multiple minimizers are generalized and extended to a Hilbert space setting. The principle assumption is a local error bound condition which relates the growth in the function to the distance to the set of minimizers. A local convergence result is established for almost exact iterates. Less restrictive acceptance criteria for the proximal iterates are also analyzed. These criteria are expressed in terms of a subdifferential of the proximal function and either a subdifferential of the original function or an iteration difference. If the proximal regularization parameter $\mu({\bf x})$ is sufficiently small and bounded away from zero and $f$ is sufficiently smooth, then there is local linear convergence to the set of minimizers. For a locally convex function, a convergence result similar to that for almost exact iterates is established. For a locally convex solution set and smooth functions, it is shown that if the proximal regularization parameter has the form $\mu({\bf x})=\beta\|f'[{\bf x}]\|^{\eta}$, where $\eta\in(0,2)$, then the convergence is at least superlinear if $\eta\in(0,1)$ and at least quadratic if $\eta\in[1,2)$.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1137/060666627
SIAM J. Control and Optimization
Keywords
Field
DocType
new class,self-adaptive proximal point method,proximal regularization parameter,asymptotic convergence analysis,convex function,proximal function,proximal point methods,local convergence result,convergence result,local linear convergence,proximal iterates,finite dimensional local convergence,exact iterates
Mathematical optimization,Mathematical analysis,Convex set,Subderivative,Convex function,Regularization (mathematics),Rate of convergence,Local convergence,Iterated function,Mathematics,Bounded function
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
46
5
0363-0129
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.65
4
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
William W. Hager11603214.67
Hong-Chao Zhang2324.37